νίτρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λίτρον (Attic)

Etymology

Borrowing from Semitic. Compare Hebrew נֶתֶר (néter, “washing soda”) and Arabic نطرون (naṭrūn, “natron”). All ultimately from Egyptian nTr(j)

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Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /nítron/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /nítron/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /nítron/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /nítron/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /nítɾon/

Noun

νίτρον (genitive νίτρου) n, second declension; (nitron)

1. sodium carbonate

Inflection

Second declension of νίτρον, νίτρου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	νίτρον	νίτρω	νίτρᾰ
Genitive	νίτρου	νίτροιν	νίτρων
Dative	νίτρῳ	νίτροιν	νίτροις
Accusative	νίτρον	νίτρω	νίτρᾰ
Vocative	νίτρον	νίτρω	νίτρᾰ

References

• LSJ
• Robert S. P. Beekes (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill Academic Publishers)